I have collected in (nearly) all of the maths target books for my Year 6 group. There has been some excellent work completed. I will be able to return them with further consolidation, work to apply their knowledge or a new target, on Monday.
This week’s homework is an equivalent fraction task. I have sent this home on paper, to be handed in on Monday.
Children need to remember to approach shapes as a number of equal parts. They should write down that they see. For example: Here I have a total of 8 equal parts and 4 are shaded. That is 4 out of 8 equal parts: 4/8 (annotate the shape with 4/8). I notice that 2 is a common factor of both 4 and 8; I also notice that 4 is a common factor of 4 and 8: 4/8 can be simplified to 1/2.
Another example:
How many equal parts in total? 8
How many of these are shaded? 6
So that’s 6 out of 8 equal parts shaded: 6/8
I notice that 2 is a common factor of both 6 and 8 and 6/8 can be simplified to 3/4
Don’t forget the spelling challenge on Tuesday! The word l ist can be found on the spellings section of this web page.
Mrs. E.